Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 135

Buildings collapse around a table with books

Facsimile

Iconclass

• 11I62(DAVID) David (not in biblical context); possible attributes: crown, harp
• 11I62(JOSHUA) Joshua (not in biblical context)
• 11I62(SAMSON) Samson (not in biblical context); possible attributes: broken pillar, club, jawbone, lion's head, lion's pelt
• 41A711 table
• 46A1270
• 47G91 collapsing building
• 48A10
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 48C910:31D1(+811) inspiration of the poet; 'Furore poetico' (Ripa)❧the ages of man (+ young male (human being))
• 49M32 book
• 48C10:51K2(+4) 'Architectura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ architecture; 'Architettura' (Ripa)❧Mutability; 'Immutatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 48C90:51KK1(+4) 'litterae', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ literature; 'Lettere' (Ripa)❧Permanence (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 61B2(MANWARING, Arthur) historical person (MANWARING, Arthur)
• 61DEGYPT)
• 61E(ATHENS) names of cities and villages (ATHENS)
• 61E(BABEL) names of cities and villages (BABEL)
• 61E(CARTHAGE) names of cities and villages (CARTHAGE)
• 61E(NUMANTIA) names of cities and villages (NUMANTIA)
• 61E(THEBES) names of cities and villages (THEBES)
• 86(SCRIPTA MANENT) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SCRIPTA MANENT)
• 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT)3 (story of) Alexander the Great - representations to which the NAME of a person from classical history may be attached
• 98B(CAESAR)3 (story of) C. Julius Caesar - representations to which the NAME of a person from classical history may be attached
• 98B(SCIPIO AFRICANUS MAJOR)3 (story of) P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major - representations to which the NAME of a person from classical history may be attached

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem135
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem135
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667